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Ways Of Crossing A Spatial Boundary In Typologically Distinct Languages, Seyda Özçalışkan Jan 2013

Ways Of Crossing A Spatial Boundary In Typologically Distinct Languages, Seyda Özçalışkan

Psychology Faculty Publications

Expression of spatial motion shows wide variation as well as patterned regularities across the world's languages (Talmy, 2000), and events involving the traversal of a spatial boundary impose the tightest typological constraints in the lexicalization of motion, providing a true test of cross-linguistic differences. Speakers of verb-framed languages are required by their language not to use manner verbs in marking the change of location across boundaries (Aske, 1989). Here we test the strength of the boundary-crossing constraint and ask how speakers convey motion events when the constraints imposed by the experimental task are at odds with the constraints imposed by …


The Ontogeny Of Social Comparisons By Rhesus Macaques (Macaca Mulatta), Lydia M. Hopper, Susan P. Lambeth, Bruce J. Bernacky, Sarah F. Brosnan Jan 2013

The Ontogeny Of Social Comparisons By Rhesus Macaques (Macaca Mulatta), Lydia M. Hopper, Susan P. Lambeth, Bruce J. Bernacky, Sarah F. Brosnan

Psychology Faculty Publications

This longitudinal study investigated the development of social contrast-negative responses to inequitable rewards-in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Although responses to inequity by humans appear universal, this is something that develops with age. Infants first recognize inequity when around 18 months old and respond to it only when they are around 3 years old. To date, however, there have been no studies of the ontogeny of the inequity response in any species other than humans. To address this, we used an exchange paradigm, in which 10 pairs of rhesus monkeys had to exchange inedible tokens with the experimenter to …


When Given The Opportunity, Chimpanzees Maximize Personal Gain Rather Than “Level The Playing Field”, Lydia M. Hopper, Susan P. Lambeth, Steven J. Schapiro, Sarah F. Brosnan Jan 2013

When Given The Opportunity, Chimpanzees Maximize Personal Gain Rather Than “Level The Playing Field”, Lydia M. Hopper, Susan P. Lambeth, Steven J. Schapiro, Sarah F. Brosnan

Psychology Faculty Publications

We provided chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) with the ability to improve the quality of food rewards they received in a dyadic test of inequity.We were interested to see if this provision influenced their responses and, if so, whether it was mediated by a social partner’s outcomes. We tested eight dyads using an exchange paradigm in which, depending on the condition, the chimpanzees were rewarded with either high-value (a grape) or low-value (a piece of celery) food rewards for each completed exchange. We included four conditions. In the first, “Different” condition, the subject received different, less-preferred, rewards than their partner …